Yesterday morning, rumours spread like bush fire in the harmattan in Ojo, and other neighbouring towns in Lagos and Ogun States that seven human beings were turned to goats through esoteric means . The rumour also had it that the goats were detained in Ojo Police station. A motley crowd besieged the police station to witness the bizarre development. Everybody struggled to catch a glimpse of the human beings –turned goats. The police found it difficult to control the crowd.

This led to traffic gridlock on the Ojo Road, leading to the Alaba International Market.
The Divisional Police Officer, Isaac Ogbogbo, a Chief Superintendent of Police, brought his experience to bear in controlling the crowd that was desperate to see the goats. After satisfying their curiosity, they dispersed one after the other.
From one source to another, the story kept magnifying. It first started with a human being turning to a goat until it became seven goats turning to seven human beings. It was the subject of discussion at bus stops, inside commercial vehicles and markets with each source presenting different versions of the story.

However, Daily Sun investigation revealed that the story was a hoax. According to the police, early in the morning, a team of policemen from Ojo division, manning the Iba –Igando Expressway had flagged down an Audi 80 car, allegedly conveying 7 goats. The driver of the vehicle and two other occupants refused to stop but zoomed off. The police, on suspicion that the vehicle might have been stolen, gave it a hot pursuit. When the driver realised that the police were after them, he stopped and removed the ignition key and fled with the others into the bush.

As the vehicle was being towed to the police station, the people who had gathered around it had conjectured that the goats were hitherto human beings which was why the perpetrators abandoned them fearing that they might be caught. They raised aslarm and followed the vehicle to the Police Station. Some people that saw the goats were yet to change their thinking but believed the goats were human beings.
As at press time, the goats were still detained at the Ojo police station. The DPO was now saddled with the responsibility of feeding the goats before they die of starvation. (Sun News)

I cant believe Nigerian Journalist still waste paper space reporting stories like this.